Category: Bodybuilding
Faster concentric movement = more progression with bench press
Experienced strength athletes can increase their maximal weight for bench presses by ten percent in just a couple of weeks by raising the bar faster [...]
Lysine supplementation boosts muscle strength
We have no idea whether this study from India is relevant to strength athletes with a high protein intake, but we thought we'd bring it to your attent [...]
Effect of BCAAs on muscles is dose dependent
Whether bodybuilders, fitness fanatics or other strength athletes actually build up extra muscle mass by taking BCAAs depends on the dose. We, the ign [...]
600mg Ashwagandha daily helps resistance trainers build more muscle and lose more fat
If bodybuilders or other strength athletes take ashwagandha they build up more muscle and lose fat more quickly, write Indian researchers in the Journ [...]
L-Carnitine helps centenarians build muscle mass
A daily dose of 2 g L-carnitine does wonders for body composition and vitality in people who've already celebrated their hundredth birthday. Italian g [...]
Super-pancake: builds muscles and burns fat
If you make pancakes by adding whey to your batter and replacing the flour with resistant starch, then according to sports scientists at Skidmore Coll [...]
Alpha-GPC supplementation boosts strength within six days
Athletes for whom strength or speed is important can boost their chance of success by taking 600 mg alpha-glycerylphosphorylcholine [abbreviated to a [...]
Two grams L-carnitine daily protects athlete’s muscles
A daily dose of 2 g L-carnitine protects athletes' muscles from breaking down, according to a human study that sports scientists at the Islamic Azad [...]
BCAAs are anticatabolic
Strength athletes have been using BCAAs during their workouts for decades. BCAAs are believed to inhibit the breakdown of muscle tissue, and this is n [...]
Shake containing 20g whey protein makes weight loss diet easier
Athletes who do weight training and want to lose weight can keep their appetite under control – and therefore also increase the chance of their weight [...]
Strength training boosts irisin levels
Irisin is a hormone that breaks down fat tissue, inhibits cancer cell development and delays aging processes. According to sports scientists at Seoul [...]
Strength athletes gain more strength by training properly
Almost every strength athlete is familiar with the dilemma: should I train 'properly' and therefore use a weight that is nothing special? Or should I [...]
Weight-gain cherry diet: more muscle mass, less fat
What blueberries can do, cherries can do too. Researchers at the University of Michigan published a study in which rats that had been fattened with a [...]
Extreme protein intake reduces fat mass
Bodybuilders who already consume sufficient protein, and who boost their daily protein intake to 3-4 g per kg bodyweight, will not become more muscled [...]
More vitamin K2, more testosterone
The list of supplements that boost testosterone production has just got a little longer. Nutritionists at Tohoku University in Japan say that male rat [...]